Michael Jordan’s fight against NASCAR heads to court, could shake up motor sport

The discovery phase has been brutal for both sides with the exposure of unseemly personal communications from top NASCAR executives as well as the two teams

Michael Jordan, NBA Hall of Famer and co-owner of 23XI Racing who are pursuing a large monetary sum from NASCAR to cover their legal fees and financial losses suffered this year from not being chartered plus the lawsuit. Pic: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

MICHAEL Jordan’s bitter fight against NASCAR heads to federal court this week in a jury trial that could rip apart the top motorsports series in the United States.

The antitrust allegations levelled by Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports has exposed salacious personal communications, NASCAR’s finances and a deep contempt between some of the top executives in the sport and its participants.